Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-11 | Page 8 | May Hold Farmer's Roundup in Ogden

MAY HOLD FARMERS' ROUNDUP IN OGDEN Spe.Tal to The Tribune. y OGDFX, Mav lo. Discussion of a movement that is formulating to hold the annual Farmers' roundup of the Utah ,?-rmujtural ,?-rmujtural college in Ogden during 1ft IT will be taken up at the regular meetins of the Weber County Farm bureau next Saturday afternoon, according to the announcement an-nouncement of w. Preston Thomas, county coun-ty agricultural acr-nl. In h communication communica-tion to the city commissioners today. Mr. Thomas asks that the city government be. represented at the com in? meeting-. He also announces that. Dr. F. G. Peterson, Pe-terson, president-elect of (Tie. Utah Agricultural Agri-cultural college, and Professor John T. dine, also of the Logan coilege, will be hero on Saturday to confer with the bu-iMan bu-iMan directors and others. Weber county will be represented at the meeting by one of Us commissioners. City and county coun-ty oflieials are united in the belief that tho holding of the round-.up would mean much to Ogden. for the evnt attracts attention at-tention throughout lhe state. While it is expected that Logan will enter an objection to the two weeks' iripetin; bjing taken from that city, those interested in the new movement contend that there are ample reasons for the round-up's being transferred to Ogden. The annual affair has grown to such proportions, propor-tions, it is argued, that Logan no longer affords accommodations for the hundreds attending from outside points. Hotel accommodations ac-commodations were not sufiicient last year, ii Is said, and If is imperative that some action be taken before the P)17 nit etir.g.